The podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. Welcome to Out There Podcast. Our stories are written for the ear, so for those able, we recommend listening while reading along. Transcripts may contain minor errors; please check the audio before quoting. Kula Cloth is a high-tech pee cloth for women and anyone who squats when they pee.
It makes personal hygiene easy in the backcountry. I know I am. The pandemic cut me off from normal human interaction.
And, especially in the early days, that brought a level of isolation that I had never experienced. Or at least, whatever the new normal looks like. Isolation is not what defines her, by any means, but it is an ongoing reality for her. The trip was dreamy. We spent five days in the desert near the Colorado-Utah border.
Our days were spent traveling along the sandy trails while finding creeks to jump into and waterfalls to stand beneath.
She and I laughed a lot. We bonded over our love of coffee, chocolate, and yoga. Luanne is blind. But at the time, she could still see a little β shadows, shapes, things like that. I remember how she held desert flower petals between her finger tips. She told me that sometimes, she could make out a shadow or a hint of color. One night the moon, a harvest moon, rose above one of the bluffs that encircled the canyon.
